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w. A. RUSSELL. WAVE MOTOR.

APPLIUA'IION FXLED T3312, 1910.

984,241 Patented Feb. 14,1911.

984,241. i Specification of Application filed Februar y 12, 1810. Serial No.- 5 48,487.

" unrrsn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

. WILLIAM A. RUSS ELL, 0F CORTE vJYlZATDIllBA, CALIFOBNIA..

WAVE-MOTOR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. Russnnn,

citizen of the United States, residing at Corte Madera, in thecounty of Marin and vState of California, have invented'a new and useful Wave-Motor, of'which the following 1s a specification in such full and clear terms as will enable those skilled in i the art to construct and use the same.

This invention relates to a wave motor and its object is to sosimpli-fy such" machines as to make them exceedingly strong and able to withstand the ravages of storms.

Another object ofthe invention is to reduce thesizeof the floats useclto as small a size as will give the necessary power,the number being increased at will to give extra -power,'-t us producing a motor which will have theaximumstrength with the smallest 11:11pm? to destructionby storms.

In the drawings, in which the same numeral of reference is applied to thesame por- 'tion' throughout the several views, Figure l isaside view of'a wharf having the motor secured thereon, Fig. 2 is an end. view of the wharf, and Fig.- 3 is'an end view of th'emain shaft and the clutch used to trans-' mit the power'from the floats to the shaft.

"The numeral l is' applied to the main shaft which is supported on the wharf 2 bymeans ofqpiling 3, guid piles 4 being placed "inithepiront o fg-the .wh'artto prevent, the from being moved laterally by thewaves. as" may biz-deemed expedient and on their upper side they have a bearing plate 6 in w ichthe'llower-xends of the lever' arms 7 'arepivotedl The lever arms are secured rigidly tottheclutch drums 8, each of said. drums fitting snugly 'over a cam hub 9 being placed in the drum as shown at 10 to cause the shaft to be driven when .the drum is moved in one direction, the roller releastheir places.

of plates Eat the endsofthe drums, said mg when the drum is moved in the reverse direction, a well known 1 construction in clutch mechanisms. The rollers are held in in the drum clutches by means :platesbemg secured by meansof boltszinholes in the drains. fiin'cetheanain shaft'will move very slowly v the speed of shafting d'r'iven thereby by means of a large gear 14; driving a small gear 15 on' a shaft 1t, a second large gear 17 on, the shaft 16 drivin Thdfloats 5 are m ade of suchsize it becomes necessaryto' increase hitters Patent.

a small gear 18 on ashaft 19, although, 0 course any other number- 0f gears may the speed of the-driven'shafting asdesifed.

The operation of the motor is as follows: The number of floats'being as large as may be necessary to give'continuous motion to the mainshaft, the waves move the floats up and down, and on the downward movement the rollers will bind 6n the cams and Patented Feb. 14:, 1911.

be used to increase drum and cause a'movement oftthe shaft.

Since all the floats will bemoving at different times the motion of the shaft will be practically continuous. More power, can be had ,by'sim ly increasing the number of floats, which will increase the torque on the main axle, although its speed of rotation will not be increased. I

, "Having thus described my invention what I claim asunew and desire to secure by Letiers Patent of the United States :iS as folows:

wheel carried thereby, a plurality of one way. clutches on said shaft, aplurality of floats at a distance from saidshaft, an arm rigidly secured to each of said. clutches and extending therefrom to each of each arm being 'pivotally connected with said float, and guides at. the sides of said floats whereby they are compelled to move 1. In a wave motor,a shaft, a large gear.

said floats, 1

vertically with the motion of the wavesas setfort 4 .2-.- In a'wave motor, a shaft, a large gear Wheel carried thereby, a gear train connected with said from said shaft, an arm rigidly secured to large gear to increase the speed of thelast driven shaft, a plurality each of said clutches and,.having' its free end pivotally connected with said floats, said armseach extending downwardly into proximity to means-to prevent lateral motion or said floats, as set forth.

In testimony whereot I have hereunto set .my hand, this 8th day of December, A. D. 1909, in the presence wit es e Witnesses:

Ona mns R. 'Honron P. Gmrrnt;

of thQYtWO subscribed the tops. of said floats, and

I LIAM assent.- i 

